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Where to bury Tsarnaev

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Where to bury Tsarnaev

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Reuters

59 Views • May 06, 2013

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As authorities continue their investigation of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing, the funeral home that prepared the body of suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has a unique problem.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) FUNERAL HOME OWNER PETER STEFAN SAYING

"...we have to bury this guy, whatever it is, whoever it is. In this country, we bury people."

But no one wants him. The funeral home owner says he can't find a cemetary willing to take the body.

Protesters have been gathering outside the funeral home demanding Tsarnaev's body be sent back to Russia, where he was born.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) HERBERT ROBBINS, PROTESTER, SAYING:

"What he did was not right, and he shouldn't even be in America. They should send him back home where he came from."

So far none of Tsarnaev's relatives have stepped up to claim the body- neither his wife, who still lives in the U.S. nor his parents, back in Chechnya.

His uncle is the only one handling issue, and says his nephew belongs